GRE Word List

PHOENIX

a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period

The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.

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bereftdeprived or robbed of the possession or use of something
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indeterminatenot definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague
whimsicalresulting from or characterized by whim or caprice
compartmenta separate division or section
courtthe residence or establishment of a sovereign or similar dignitary
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